Krisa
Krisa also known as Krisi is a village in Bewani-Wutung Onei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, 20 kilometers south of the provincial capital of Vanimo. In the local language, the village, its people and the local language itself are all known as I'saka. The traditional language of Krisa is I'saka, but Tok Pisin is the primary language used. English is also known by some. See also *I'saka language *Pasi, Papua New Guinea Pasi is a settlement near the coast of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, to the west of the province capital of Vanimo. It is four hours walk from the village of Krisa, of which it is an offshoot. It is located in Bewani-Wutung Onei Rural L ... References Populated places in Sandaun Province {{SandaunProvince-geo-stub ...
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I'saka Language
Isaka (I’saka) is the language spoken by the people of the villages of Krisa () and Pasi in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It has also been referred to as Krisa, after the village, although this name is not actually a possible word in the language itself. The sole published source for the language is Donohue and San Roque (2004) (see references), although the authors of this have also Identified I’saka material in Donald Laycock's unpublished fieldnotes. Isaka is spoken in Krisa and Pasi villages of Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. I'saka presence on the coast is very recent, as they have settled in the coastal area only within the past few decades. Phonology Apart from segmental phonemes, I’saka and also make suprasegmental distinctions in tone and nasality. Segmental phonemes There are the following consonants in I’saka: The sounds , , and occasionally are heard in non-contrastive free variation, making them reflexes of a s ...
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